Not that Aeris's death stopped master sword-smith Tony Swatton from smashing stuff with his newly-forged seven-foot-something long Masamune, which you can watch him make in this video by AWE me. What else would you do with a blade, after all?

Of particular note: he compares it to Cloud's Buster Sword, which he says is way too huge and unwieldy to really pose a threat to someone who wields the Masamune.